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Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19430, 3 December 1934, Page 2

Irish Sweepstake Winners.—Viscount Powcrseourl, chairman of tho Associated Hospitals Committee, announced at the opening of the draw for the Cambridgeshire that the sweep was the third biggest ever hold in Dublin, says a London correspondent. The total proceeds were £3,234,619, and the prize fund was £2,001,193. “Ajax,” Mo. 7 Depot, Mornington, New Zealand, drew a non-runner called Bengal 11. “Lucky Stile.” New Plymouth, drew Andrea, •another nonrunner. / Each has won £402 Gs. A ticket which drew Begonias (a non-runner) under Hi c name of “Manni,” care of Miss Myrtle Reynolds, 19 Ann Street, Newtownanis, is held by Miss Reynolds, who has been in England since January in a nursing appointment at Epsom, and previously held a similar appointment in New Zealand.

The system o'f submitting all cases 1,0 a court, in the form of a written l,ijof existed in ISgypL about 'SOOO years ago. One such brief in I lie. Berlin .Museum covers litigation, between an heir and an executor; it is believed to be of that age and. Ihe oldest document of its kind in existence.